Now that the days are longer and warm, my son and I on most evenings can be found in the backyard or in the driveway.

The garage holds a small fleet of pint-sized riding toys. There are three tricycles (don’t ask), a balance bike, a scooter and one of those round-top plastic cars every toddler has. There also is a soccer ball and goal, a basketball for the hoop in the yard and a T-ball stand and bat.

It is a lot of stuff. Add in the sandbox toys that haven’t made it to the box, the wagon and the half dozen Tonka trucks, and the garage — like the house — has been almost entirely taken over by the smallest member of the family.

Amazingly, he uses everything and sometimes he does it in the same day. After a couple of laps on the balance bike, he drags out the scooter. Then a tricycle, then another tricycle. Then he decides it’s time to hit some balls off the T.

We usually get about five activities into one hour in the yard, and that doesn’t include taking breaks to use the slide or hit things with sticks.

According to kidshealth.org, toddlers should get at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity a day and at least one hour of unstructured physical activity a day.

I have to admit, I am not sure which one of these categories our activities fall under, but I do let him decide for the most part what our game plan will be that evening.

So far this spring, he has learned how to pedal, hit a ball with a bat and pull weeds.

Best of all, his outdoor adventures come with an added benefit — a tired toddler by 8 every night.